Mod Podge Guitar Tutorial!!! ...

Are you wondering why Kass is playing 

a guitar 

that looks like its manufactured

 using our

Gracie Girl Collection???

Read on to find out:)

Back when my daughter Kassidy Grace and I

 were playing with our Gracie Girl pre-yardage...

and having fun making several new quilts...

we knew that we would be doing a guitar quilt for her room.

That quilt turned in to this pattern called

Gracie's Guitars

We loved the colorful fabric guitars so much...

She wanted to have a real guitar made out of Gracie Girl:)

And I said…
I can make that happen!

(Ben and Sophie fishing)

I gave my oldest son Ben a call...

(who is an awesome guitarist BTW)

When he was growing up…
he went to every thrift shop
 within a hundred mile radius with me…

while I searched for treasures:)

So I knew he could help me find what I needed...

 an acoustic guitar that needed
a little love but with "good bones"

Even though I LOVE to go thrifting…

I really didn't have time that week.

(too busy getting ready for quilt market)

and I knew that if there was one to be found…

he had the skills to find it for me:)

I was so happy when he brought this good old Fender acoustic over…

the very same day that I asked him!

(he is so good to me!)

He had found it in a thrift shop near his home
on his way home from work:)

Mr. Honey cleaned it up and removed 

all of the hardware for us
and he taped a piece of paper
 on the inside to protect it.

He sprayed a good coat of KILZ primer...

so there was no sanding

 of any kind necessary.

YaY!

(Love me some KILZ)

Then he hung it from a ceiling hook in Kassidy's room to dry overnight.

I painted the guitar with BEHR 
paint from Home Depot.

"Embellished Blue 510D-4"

Which is BTW…
 the same color that I painted 
my piano a few years ago:)

I just brushed the paint on ...

using a few good small brushes that I like to use for

 small thrifted treasures and for getting into small areas.
(I left the very front of the guitar where the fabric would go unpainted)

We used this kind of Mod Podge…

Sponge brushes...

and a 3 1/2" 
Gracie Girl 
Bitty Stacker.

After we Mod Podged...

we hung it to dry on the same ceiling hook:)

If you have never used Mod Podge before…

you can click here to find out

 everything you need to know:)

We started in the center where I

 drew a 3 1/2" square just to

 keep things straight.

We overlapped the edges of the squares a bit.

 I trimmed off the fabric hanging off

 of the sides so that it was

 even with the guitar top edge.

I used small sharp embroidery scissors.

 We finished by brushing a coat of

 Mod Podge on the surface of

 all the fabric pieces.

 Mr. Honey replaced all of the hardware and restrung it:)

  

And now we have a real Gracie Girl guitar…

to match the quilt!!!

We had a lot of fun doing this project together.

That's what crafting is all about…right?

F.U.N.

Isn't it amazing what a little paint and glue can create?

I grew up using Mod Podge and I still use it a lot to this day.

  I guess I've never out grown the

 desire to play with

 glue and scissors.

I hope this tutorial gives you an idea or two!

xx

Lori